单词 | symbol |
释义 | symbol n. & v. --n   1. a thing conventionally regarded as typifying, representing, or recalling something, esp. an idea or quality (white is a symbol of purity).   2. a mark or character taken as the conventional sign of some object, idea, function, or process, e.g. the letters standing for the chemical elements or the characters in musical notation. --vtr. (symbolled, symbolling; US symboled, symboling) symbolize. Derivatives symbology n. Etymology: ME f. L symbolum f. Gk sumbolon mark, token (as SYN-, ballo throw) |
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